21 USC § 379a - Presumption of existence of jurisdiction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s379a"
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title: "21 USC § 379a - Presumption of existence of jurisdiction"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "379a"
section_name: "Presumption of existence of jurisdiction"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AUTHORITY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "General Administrative Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709, as added Pub. L. 94–295, § 8, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583; amended Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2379; Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 379a. Presumption of existence of jurisdiction

In any action to enforce the requirements of this chapter respecting a device, tobacco product, food, drug, or cosmetic the connection with interstate commerce required for jurisdiction in such action shall be presumed to exist.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709, as added Pub. L. 94–295, § 8, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583; amended Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2379; Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1837.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2009— inserted “tobacco product,” after “device,”.

1997— substituted “a device, food, drug, or cosmetic” for “a device”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 90 days after , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .